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Mythology

8,088 works

Etching of putti playing musical instruments beneath a winged horse Pegasus leaping between draped swags.

Musicerende putti met Pegasus

Gérard de Lairesse, 1670

Pen drawing of Hercules lifting the giant Antaeus in a struggle, with a crowned woman watching at right.

Hercules and Antaeus

Eugène Delacroix, 1852

Etching by Jacques Callot showing travelers feasting around a fire under a tree, with three further scenes of horsemen and a

[La halte des bohémiens, les apprêts du festin : Inc.:] Au bout du comte ils treuvent pour destin qu'ils sont venus d…

Jacques Callot, 1621

Engraved print of a satyr wrestling a goat inside a circular vine-leaf frame, with an Italian caption below.

Satyr en geit

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1761

Engraving of nude Andromeda chained to a rock, with Perseus on a winged horse above and a sea monster in the waves.

Perseus en Andromeda

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Engraving of Hercules fighting armored warriors aboard a ship, with swords raised and a mast and shields in the background.

Hercules Fighting Aboard The Argonauts' Ship

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of armored warriors on horseback fighting over a nude body while mourning women kneel at left.

Achilles Removing Patroclus' Body From the Battle

Léon Davent, ca. 1547

Engraving of nude nymphs bathing in a forest stream beside a seated clothed woman, with hunting dogs and a bow nearby.

Diana and Callisto

Jan Saenredam, 1599

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a draped bed, with a horned bearded figure and a bird with spread wings nearby.

Jupiter and Antiope

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Etching of two armored warriors facing a woman who gestures toward them, with cupids and a tree above and Latin text below.

Venus Appearing to Achilles

Pietro Rotari, 1725

Etching of a satyr pouring water onto a nymph while a bearded river god watches from the reeds at left.

Satyr, Nymph and River God

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1736

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man in a clerical collar and long wig, with inscriptions on a scroll and pedestal below.

M. Narcissus Rauner. P. L. C.

Philipp Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein, 1737

Ink and wash ceiling design by Jacob de Wit showing a huntress with a spear among clouds, putti, and seated figures.

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering met Diana en Endymion

Jacob de Wit, 1726

Drawing of a woman with a winged cherub beside a tree as an eagle swoops overhead, in brown wash and watercolor.

Callisto, Amor en Jupiter met de adelaar

Jacob de Wit, 1746

Pen and wash drawing of Cupid aiming arrows at a world globe pierced by several arrows.

Cupid Shooting Arrows at the World Globe

Otto van Veen, 1608 or shortly before (?)

Open book showing a reproduction of an embroidery of Apollo and the Muses with horses and figures, beside catalogue text.

Deel van een borduurwerk met een beeltenis van Apollo en de muzen

Isabel Agnes Cowper, 1869

Engraved ornamental design with arches, garlands, birds, and mythological figures such as Neptune and Venus in lower panels.

Op een voetstuk, gedecoreerd met van links naar rechts Mercurius, Neptunus en Venus, staan hermen

Engraving of nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a furnace workshop, with Venus and putti attending a cauldron in the foregr

Venus in Vulcan's Forge

Léon Davent, 1546-47

Engraving of Adonis's death: a wounded youth lies among grieving figures beneath trees, with a hunter and hounds at right.

Death of Adonis

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of a nude woman looking at a sleeping muscular man with a winged Cupid, armor and a sword on the floor, and a fox.

Venus Finding Mars Asleep

Léon Davent, ca. 1545

Engraving of Mars and Venus at a banquet table, served by winged Cupid and female attendants, with ornate urns and putti.

Mars and Venus Being Served at Table by Cupid

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of bearded Jupiter enthroned with an eagle, surrounded by classical figures, trees and cherubs, with Latin text bel

Jupiter on his Throne

Léon Davent, 1547

Engraving in an oval frame of a young man on horseback spearing a wild boar, with hounds, hunters and a classical building be

Young Man Hunting a Wild Boar, from "Three Prints on Hunting and Fishing"

Léon Davent, 1547

Engraving of nymphs in boats pursuing a stag through a river beside a town and forest, with dogs on the bank.

Diana and Her Nymphs Pursuing a Stag, from "Three Prints on Hunting and Fishing"

Léon Davent, 1547

Engraving of the god Jupiter seated in an arched niche with a thunderbolt, an eagle at his side, and winged figures above.

Jupiter

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of Cupid pressing down on the figure of Pan on clouds, with two draped women and a laurel wreath at left.

Cupid Taming Pan

Jacob Matham, c. 1600

Brown wash drawing of a gilt candelabra with grapevines, a nymph and two satyrs at its base.

Verguld bronzen kandelaber met twee satyrs en een nymf, met varianten in de kaarsenhouders

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1767

Painted sketch of Niobe's children struck down by arrows from Diana and Apollo in the clouds, with a kneeling mother among th

The Punishment of the Arrogant Niobe by Diana and Apollo

Pierre Charles Jombert, ca. 1772

Pen and ink drawing of a satyr and nymphs dancing in a sketched landscape with clouds and a classical structure.

Satyr and Nymphs Dancing

Raymond de La Fage, mid-17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded satyr holding a fantastical beaked creature, framed by scrolls and architectural ornament.

Satyr holding a fantastical creature (recto); Two candelabra grotesques (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink grotesque panel with satyrs, herms, a dragon, and scrolling strapwork on aged paper.

Grotesque panel with satyrs, herms, and strapwork (recto); winged creatures and strapwork (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining warrior on a canopied bed above and a sleeping winged cupid below with a standing figure.

Two scenes; a reclining warrior above, sleeping cupid below (recto); grotesque niche with standing warrior (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60